Côte d'Ivoire Archives - Baird Maritime

August 8, 2022

COLUMN | Holiday Shorts Part Two: books and music [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on August 8, 2022. Posted in Ferries, Naval, Offshore World, Piracy, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

As the out of office messages continue to ping back, and the summer holiday season draws on, it’s time to share a few more ideas for poolside reading or beachside liste ..

January 21, 2022

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – January 21, 2022

Written by Baird Maritime on January 21, 2022. Posted in Anchor Handling, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Crew Transfer, Dive Support, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Construction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply.

Offshore vessel operators welcome the new year with new work on behalf of clients, mainly in the installation and IMR segments. The charters are for activities in Western ..

October 8, 2020

Construction begins on new Côte d’Ivoire container terminal

Written by Baird Maritime on October 8, 2020. Posted in Boxship World, Maritime Infrastructure Development.

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has commenced construction on a new container terminal near the Côte d’Ivoire city of Abidjan. The facility will be the se ..

August 1, 2022

COLUMN | “More money than God” – How will the supermajors spend their bumper profits? [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on August 1, 2022. Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

Last month, US President Joe Biden slammed ExxonMobil, complaining that the energy company made “more money than God”. “We’re gonna make sure that everybo ..

July 26, 2021

Ten sentenced in Nigeria over fishing vessel hijacking

Written by Baird Maritime on July 26, 2021. Posted in Catching, Piracy, Ships (Naval).

A federal court in Lagos, Nigeria, has found ten individuals guilty of hijacking a foreign-flagged fishing vessel and imposed a 12-year prison sentence on each of the def ..

FISHING/AQUACULTURE WEEK

May 20, 2020

Nigerian Navy rescues 18 fishermen from hijacked vessel in Gulf of Guinea

Written by Baird Maritime on May 20, 2020. Posted in Fishing Boat World, Piracy, Ships (Naval).

The Nigerian Navy has successfully rescued all 18 crewmembers of a Chinese-flagged fishing vessel that had been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea. The incident oc ..

June 6, 2022

COLUMN | About damn time: Tullow merges with Capricorn; Siem returns to profit; Shell approves Crux FLNG project in Australia as Prelude FLNG unions act [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on June 6, 2022. Posted in Anchor Handling, Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Offshore Construction, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Exploration, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

Curvy, body positive American singer Lizzo’s new single “About Damn Time” has stormed to number one on the Billboard Chart in the US, and into the top ten i ..

January 18, 2021

Hydrocarbon exposure leaves two dead on FPSO in Côte d’Ivoire

Written by Baird Maritime on January 18, 2021. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage.

Two people are confirmed to have died in an incident on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel operated by BW Offshore in Côte d’Ivoire on Thur ..

February 17, 2020

Tuna seiner sinks off Côte d’Ivoire; 29 rescued

Written by Baird Maritime on February 17, 2020. Posted in Search and Rescue, Seining World.

A Curaçao-flagged fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Guinea off Côte d’Ivoire after suffering water ingress on Saturday, February 15. The tuna seiner Albacora Sei ..